本研究旨在調查台灣地區健康相關網站，希望能藉著對健康相關網站現況的了解，期能提升網際網路在衛生教育的應用。本研究採用問卷調查方式，進行健康相關網站之研究，針對「蕃薯藤網際網路索引」其中之「醫藥保健」下列計353個附有E-mail address的網站進行調查，並分為研究者觀察及網站站長填答，研究者觀察部份以研究者連結到所抽樣的網站，以自行設計問卷評估；網站站長填答部份，以E-mail寄發給各網站站長，並在E-mail內容附超連結(Hyperlink)，使之能連接到研究者所架設網頁上回答問卷，而兩部份的問卷內容相同，調查網站相關資料，評估網際網路在衛生教育的功能、可利用資源、可行方式及可能限制，並探討應用網際網路從事衛生教育的策略與建議。在本研究中，重要結論如下：1. 台灣地區健康相關網站眾多，是推行衛生教育的豐富資源，更是可借助的成就與可吸收的經驗。2. 一般健康相關網站的健康主題以綜合性較多，且為社會大眾開設的網站較多，專為特定族群開設較少。3. 目前健康相關網站的在各種疾病防治、不同特定族群的保健及公共衛生等主題的資訊較缺乏，是需要加強及補充的地方。4. 健康相關網站的設置目的，雖以服務為主，但卻是全方位、多功能的目的。5. 健康相關網站機構屬醫療院所、教育單位及個人網頁佔多數比例，網站站長多具有醫藥背景之學者專家或現任醫師參與，是目前從事網路衛生教育及健康資訊傳播的主流。6. 健康相關網站的所傳播的健康主題內容，會因網站所屬機構而有顯著差異。7. 網際網路在資訊傳播者和資訊接受者之間，對傳播資訊內容的認知可有高度一致性。研究中進一步彙整分析結果，綜合衛生教育資源設置計畫，並參考國內外衛生教育相關研究，歸納探討應用網際網路推行衛生教育可行的策略，提出建議，包括：1. 整合及充實網際網路上衛生教育資訊，建立衛生教育資訊中心。2. 全球資訊網具多媒體型式及強大功能，應用於衛生教育值得推廣。3. 加強衛生教育人員電腦科技使用能力之培養。4. 普及各級學校網際網路建設，以利網際網路衛生教育之推動5. 應用網際網路推行衛生教育應結合各級參與者6. 在衛生教育學校衛生實習課程中，部份可用電子媒體取代平面媒體。對於網際網路所提供的服務資源而言，本研究僅以全球資訊網為例，初步瞭解台灣地區健康相關網站設置的情況。隨著網際網路的發展，應用網路推動衛生教育是可行的。以現在網際網路上的建設，進行各種方式的衛生教育，應用上有相當的空間。後續研究可對衛生教育模式進行深入探討，如理念的宣導、教育介入、行為改變及其他網路資源的應用等。

The main purpose of the study is to survey the health-related Web sites in Taiwan. We hope that we can improve the application of the Internet on health education by understanding the conditions of the health-related Web sites.The study adopts the use of a questionnaire to survey the health-related Web sites. Searching the WWW by the keyword "Health" of the "YamWeb Navigator-The TAIWAN Index"(http://www.yam.org.tw/b5/yam/), we find 353 Web sites with E-mail addresses to be surveyed. The study is divided into 2 parts: the "observation of the researcher" and the "reply of the Webmasters". The part of the "observation of the researcher" consists of connecting with the Web sites and conducting a survey by questionnaire. The part of the "reply of the Web masters" is to send E-mail, which contains hyperlinks to the author's Homepage questionnaire, to Web masters so that they can answer the question on the page. The questionnaire of these 2 parts is the same. The results of the survey consist of various kinds of data of these Web sites and the author tries to discuss the strategy and suggestion of the application of the Internet on health education.The main conclusions of the study are as follows:1. There are a large number of health-related Web sites in Taiwan, which are resourceful on health education and the achievement. We can depend on them and we can absorb the experiences.2. The health content areas of the general health-related Web sites is synthetic, and the intended audiences isn't specified.3. The health content areas of the various kinds of disease, specified population's health and public health is insufficient, which should be reinforced.4. The purpose of the health-related is not only to serve but also to multiple.5. The large proportions of the health-related Web sites are belong to hospital and clinic, education and personnel's Homepage. Most of the Webmasters are health experts and doctors who are the mainstream to participate in Internet health education and the publication of health information.6. The health content areas of the Web sites show significant differences by the institution, which Web sites, belong to.7. There is coherence of realization for the contents of the information between the providers and the consumers in Internet.After referring to the program of establishing the health education resource and internal related health education research, subject when executing health education information in Internet including:1. Enrich and reorganize health education source center in Internet.2. WWW system can be a successful tool in applying to health education and is worthy of wide-promotion and appliance.3. Health education specialists must learn about computers and acquire basic skills for using them.4. Popularize school's Internet infrastructure to successfully complete health education movement in Internet.5. It should integrate the various levels of participators when executing health education in Internet.6. In the course of the internship of school health in health education, the electric media can replace parts of the print materials.For the services offered by Internet, this study only uses WWW system to preliminary understand the condition of the health-related Web sites in Taiwan. With the daily flourishing of Internet, applying Internet in health education will grow it's importance and turn out to be a critical access. Through users efficiently operation in Internet, health education can be executed in variety and be more flexible in appliance. Further research could has a further survey toward the method of health education movement, such as health concept, intervention of health education, health behavior change and other internet service appliance method, and so on.